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[[File:7 Fingers 2024.jpg|thumb|The 7 Fingers circus troupe performing an acrobatic act in the show "Dual Reality" in Boston, February 2024]]

'''The 7 Fingers''' is an artist collective based in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada. The group is also known by its French name "[[:fr:Les 7 doigts de la main|Les 7 doigts de la main]]", which is sometimes shortened to "Les 7 Doigts".
'''The 7 Fingers''' is an artist collective based in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada. The group is also known by its French name "[[:fr:Les 7 doigts de la main|Les 7 doigts de la main]]", which is sometimes shortened to "Les 7 Doigts".


==History==
==History==
The 7 Fingers is a collective founded in 2002 by seven circus artists: Isabelle Chassé, Shana Carroll, Patrick Léonard, Faon Shane, [[Gypsy Snider]], Sébastien Soldevila, and Samuel Tétreault.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2011/10/29/la-troupe-qui-fait-de-l-ombre-au-cirque-du-soleil_1596025_3246.html|title=Reprise : Les 7 doigts de la main à Bobino|last=Boisseau|first=Rosita|date=2011-10-29|work=Le Monde|access-date=}}</ref> Faon Shane leaves the company in 2008.
The 7 Fingers is a collective founded in 2002 by seven circus artists: Isabelle Chassé, Shana Carroll, Patrick Léonard, Faon Shane, [[Gypsy Snider]], Sébastien Soldevila, and Samuel Tétreault.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2011/10/29/la-troupe-qui-fait-de-l-ombre-au-cirque-du-soleil_1596025_3246.html|title=Reprise : Les 7 doigts de la main à Bobino|last=Boisseau|first=Rosita|date=2011-10-29|work=Le Monde}}</ref>


Since 2003, the collective is led by Nassib El-Husseini, a political scientist, author, and former advisor to numerous governmental and non-governmental organizations both in Canada and abroad.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.actualites.uqam.ca/2013/nassib-el-husseini-de-la-politique-au-cirque|title=Nassib El-Husseini : de la politique au cirque|last=Martin|first=Valérie|date=2013-05-12|work=Actualités UQAM|access-date=}}</ref>
Since 2003, the collective has been led by Nassib El-Husseini, a political scientist, author, and former advisor to numerous governmental and non-governmental organizations both in Canada and abroad.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.actualites.uqam.ca/2013/nassib-el-husseini-de-la-politique-au-cirque|title=Nassib El-Husseini : de la politique au cirque|last=Martin|first=Valérie|date=2013-05-12|work=Actualités UQAM}}</ref>


On July 14, 2016, the collective created The 7 Fingers Foundation,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2018/02/06/guy-laliberte-verse-1-million--a-la-fondation-des-7-doigts-de-la-main|title=Guy Laliberté verse 1 million $ à la Fondation des 7 doigts de la main|last=|first=|date=2018-02-06|work=|access-date=}}</ref> to support the creation, production and diffusion of new original projects, and to offer artistic residences, workshops, artistic mentoring, seminars etc.
On July 14, 2016, the collective created The 7 Fingers Foundation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2018/02/06/guy-laliberte-verse-1-million--a-la-fondation-des-7-doigts-de-la-main|title=Guy Laliberté verse 1 million $ à la Fondation des 7 doigts de la main|date=2018-02-06}}</ref>


Until the end of 2017, the collective's headquarter was on 225 Roy East st. in Montreal. After 18 months of renovation work, The 7 Fingers moved to their new centre of creation and production, on 2111 Sain-Laurent boulevard, in the [[quartier des spectacles]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/709042/centre-creation-production-7-doigts-main-un-million|title=Un million pour le Centre de création et de production des 7 doigts de la main|website=Radio-Canada.ca|accessdate=23 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://groupeteq.com/les-7-doigts-de-la-main/|title=Les 7 doigts de la main|website=Groupe TEQ|accessdate=23 November 2017}}</ref>
Until the end of 2017, the collective's headquarter was on 225 Roy East st. in [[Montreal]]. After 18 months of renovation work, The 7 Fingers moved to their new centre of creation and production, on 2111 [[Saint Laurent Boulevard|Sain-Laurent boulevard]], in the [[quartier des spectacles]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/709042/centre-creation-production-7-doigts-main-un-million|title=Un million pour le Centre de création et de production des 7 doigts de la main|website=Radio-Canada.ca|access-date=23 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://groupeteq.com/les-7-doigts-de-la-main/|title=Les 7 doigts de la main|website=Groupe TEQ|access-date=23 November 2017}}</ref>


==Original touring shows==
==Original and Touring shows==

=== Unikkaaqtuat (2019) ===
''Unikkaaqtuat'' is the latest 7 Fingers' creation (directed by Patrick Léonard), produced in collaboration with [[Artcirq]] from [[Igloolik]] (Guillaume Ittuksarjuat Saladin and Terence Uyarak), and [[Taqqut Productions]] from [[Iqaluit]] (Neil Christopher). It is a multidisciplinary creation, inspired by Inuit myths, and that will star [[Inuit]] and non-Inuit artists, including three Inuit musicians, four Inuit circus artists, and four circus artists based in Montreal. The show's set will be designed by [[Germaine Arnaktauyok]], internationally recognized artist, and will combine circus arts, music, theatre and video projections. This project is part of the nine projects selected by the [[National Arts Centre|National Centre for the Arts of Ottawa]] and will receive a funding of $225,000 from the national creation funds.


=== ''Passagers'' (2018) ===
=== ''Passagers'' (2018) ===
''Passagers'' is a show celebrating the Human and a reflection on the importance and the beauty of interpersonal relationships, mixing dance, physical expression, acrobatics and projections, gathering six artists from all around the world, and accompanied by original musical compositions. This new creation is directed by Shana Carroll, assisted by Isabelle Chassé. Its premiere will take place at the [[:fr:TOHU|Tohu]], in [[:fr:Montréal|Montréal]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Passagers – Les 7 Doigts|url=http://tohu.ca/fr/programmation/spectacle/2018-2019/passagers/|website=latohu.ca/fr|language=French}}</ref> on November 14, 2018.
''Passagers'' is a show celebrating the Human and a reflection on the importance and the beauty of interpersonal relationships, mixing dance, physical expression, [[acrobatics]] and projections, gathering six artists from all around the world, and accompanied by original musical compositions. This new creation is directed by Shana Carroll, assisted by Isabelle Chassé. Its premiere will take place at the [[:fr:TOHU|Tohu]], in [[:fr:Montréal|Montréal]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Passagers – Les 7 Doigts|url=http://tohu.ca/fr/programmation/spectacle/2018-2019/passagers/|website=latohu.ca/fr|language=fr}}</ref> on November 14, 2018.


=== Temporel (2018) ===
===''Patinoire'' (2011)===
''Temporel'' is a multidisciplinary show combining the universe of The 7 Fingers and the company [http://4dart.com/fr/ Lemieux Pilon 4D Art], conceived and directed by Patrick Léonard, Isabelle Chassé, [[:fr:Michel Lemieux|Michel Lemieux]] et [[:fr:Victor Pilon|Victor Pilon]], and its choreography was created by Shana Carroll.<ref>{{cite web|title=Temporel 2018|url=http://4dart.com/fr/creation/2018/temporel/|website=4dart.com|language=French}}</ref> Its world premiere took place at the [[:fr:Place des Arts|Place des Arts]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Temporel – Cinquième Salle|url=https://placedesarts.com/fr/evenement/temporel|last=sa|language=fr|date=2018-01-08|access-date=2018-06-22}}</ref>(Montréal) on January 11, 2018.
The company's first solo show, ''Patinoire'', features The 7 Fingers' co-founder Patrick Léonard. It is directed by Patrick Léonard himself and assisted by Nicolas Cantin.<ref>{{cite web|title='Patinoire' des 7 doigts|url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2017/12/19/patinoire-des-7-doigts|website=TVA nouvelles|language=fr}}</ref> The show was most shown for a month at the [[Festival d'Avignon]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aimer, être... et patiner|url=http://www.lejdd.fr/Culture/Theatre/Patinoire-a-Avignon-2014-Aimer-etre-et-patiner-675449|last=JDD|first=Le|website=www.lejdd.fr|language=fr-FR|access-date=2017-07-11}}</ref>


In July 2008, Montreal artists from The 7 Fingers, and some Mexican artists from Cirko de Mente, went to the Canadian great north to meet with [[Inuit]] artists from [[Artcirq]], in order to associate their arts and their talents. After two weeks of creation, the artists gave several shows in [[Nunavut]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Artcirq|url=https://www.artcirq.org/en/node/30|language=en}}</ref>
=== ''Vice & Vertu'' (2017) ===
Directed by three of the collective's co-founders – Isabelle Chassé, Patrick Léonard, and Samuel Tétreault – ''Vice & Vertu'' was performed from July 10 to August 6, 2017, at the [http://sat.qc.ca Société des Arts Technologiques] (SAT) in Montreal<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice & Vertu Société des Arts Technologiques|url=http://sat.qc.ca/fr/evenements/vice-vertu|website=Sat.qc.ca|language=French}}</ref> as part of the city's 375th Anniversary Celebrations.<ref name="Paré">{{cite web|title='Vice & vertu' – Plaisirs sur la 'Main'|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/503332/plaisirs-sur-la-main|language=French|date=13 July 2017}}</ref> ''Vice & Vertu'' was an immersive, three-hour, promenade-style performance for audiences 18 years and over. The production was a work of fiction heavily inspired by historic figures from 1920s to 1940s Montreal.<ref name="Paré" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Vice & vertu: incursion dans le Red Light montréalais {{!}} Jean Siag {{!}} Montréal complètement cirque|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/festivals/montreal-completement-cirque/201707/10/01-5114800-vice-vertu-incursion-dans-le-red-light-montrealais.php|language=fr-CA|date=2017-07-10|access-date=2017-07-11|newspaper=La Presse|last1=Siag|first1=Jean}}</ref>


A third stopover happened in Montreal in 2008 with the Mexican, inuit and Montrealer artists. The show continued on mutating.<ref name="cbfb">{{cite journal |date=2008 |title=Pôle Fibonacci: Projet Fibonacci |url=https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/jeu/2008-n129-jeu1116026/23514ac.pdf |journal=Jeu Revue de Théâtre |language=fr |pages=32<!--endif p.totales--> |issn=1923-2578}}</ref>
=== Bosch Dreams (2016) ===
''Bosch Dreams'' pays tribute to the painter [[Hieronymus Bosch|Jheronimus Bosch]]. The show was directed by Samuel Tétreault and coproduced by Theatre Republique ([[Denmark]]) upon an invitation from the festival Circolo ([[Netherlands|Netherland]]) with the support of Wilhelm Hansen Fonden and the Jheronimus Bosch 500 Foundation. The show was created for the 500 year-anniversary of the painter's death.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bosch Dreams|url=https://www.szenik.eu/fr/Danse/Bosch-Dreams-Ecrin-pour-acrobates-3735|website=szenik.eu|language=French}}</ref> The show premiered in September 2016 in Copenhagen. The show performed in France for the first time in November 2017 during the festival "Québec à La Villette<ref>{{cite web|title=Paris: le parc de la Villette aux couleurs du Québec|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/actualites-culturelles/513772/france-le-parc-de-la-villette-aux-couleurs-du-quebec|last=Rioux|first=Christian|language=fr|date=2017-11-24|access-date=2017-11-29|issn=0319-0722}}</ref>" before touring there and abroad. The show was shown in Denmark, Holland, Belgium, France, Sweden, Spain, South Korea, Hong Kong and China.

===''The Circus Princess'' (2016)===
Directed by Sébastien Soldevila, ''The Circus Princess'' is an adaptation of the operetta by [[Emmerich Kálmán]]. Rehearsals were held Montreal before a run at the Moscow Musical Theatre. 51 performances were given in the fall of 2016. The show reopened in 2017 for a total for 67 additional performances in March, April, June, July, and October.

===''Réversible'' (2016)===
Directed Gypsy Snider, ''Reversible'' was coproduced with the Théâtre du Gymnase-Bernardines ([[Marseille]]),<ref>{{cite web|title=Réversibles – Les théâtres|url=http://www.lestheatres.net/fr/activity/154-reversible|language=French}}</ref> Thomas Lightburn ([[Vancouver]]), and the [http://tohu.ca/en/ Tohu] ([[Montreal]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Une réussite... dans tous les sens|url=http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2016/11/24/une-reussite-dans-tous-les-sens|website=journaldemontreal.com}}</ref>

The show premiered in November 2016 at the University of Sherbrooke's Salle Maurice O'Bready in [[Sherbrooke]], [[Quebec]] ([[Canada]]). In March 2017, ''Reversible'' became the first circus show and the first show from Quebec to play at the [[Bataclan (theatre)|Bataclan]], following its reopening and renovations in the wake of the November 13, 2015 terrorist attacks. In 2017, the show was filmed in [[Saint-Étienne|St-Etienne]] (France) by Red Velvet for French and Quebecois television.

A third year of touring started in January 2018.

===''Triptyque'' (2015)===
Under the artistic direction of Samuel Tétreault, The 7 Fingers partnered with three choreographers to create a performance composed of three acts:<ref>{{cite web|title=Une création des 7 doigts de la main|url=http://www.telerama.fr/divers/une-creation-des-7-doigts-de-la-main,143669.php|website=telerama.fr|date=8 June 2016}}</ref>

*Anne & Samuel: a duo choreographed by [[Marie Chouinard]].
*Variations 9.81: a handstand quintet staged by Victor Quijada (Groupe RUBBERBANDance).
*Nocturnes: a piece by Marcos Morau (La Véronal<ref>{{cite web|title=La Veronal|url=http://www.laveronal.com/|website=La Veronal|access-date=2016-05-17}}</ref>).

The show was coproduced by [[Sadler's Wells Theatre|Sadler's Wells]] Theatre (London), Thomas Lightburn (Vancouver), the Tohu, la Cité des arts du cirque (Montreal), Albourne ([[Norwalk, Connecticut|Norwalk]]), and Danse-Cité (Montreal). The show's official premiere was at the TOHU on October 14, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=tohu|url=https://tohu.ca/workspace/upload/a-propos/salle-de-presse/communique_-triptyque-fr.pdf}}</ref>

=== ''Cuisine & Confessions'' (2014) ===
Directed by Shana Carroll and Sébastien Soldevila, ''Cuisine & Confessions'' brought live cooking directly on stage. The show opened the 2014 CINARS Biennale in Montreal and went on to be performed 381 times. The show was coproduced by the Centre national de création et de diffusion culturelles de Châteauvallon (Ollioules, France), l'Espace Jean Legendre (Compiègne, France), le Grand Théâtre de Provence (Aix-en-Provence, France), the Tohu, la Cité des arts du cirque (Montreal), and Thomas Lightburn (Vancouver).

In September 2018, ''Cuisine & Confessions'' is back on display with more than 4 months of performance in [[Paris]] (Theatre Bobino)[http://bobino.fr/?fiche=1225].

=== ''Patinoire'' (2011) ===
The company's first solo show, ''Patinoire'', features The 7 Fingers' co-founder Patrick Léonard. It is directed by Patrick Léonard himself and assisted by Nicolas Cantin.<ref>{{cite web|title='Patinoire' des 7 doigts|url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2017/12/19/patinoire-des-7-doigts|website=TVA nouvelles|language=French}}</ref> The show was most shown for a month at the [[Festival d'Avignon]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aimer, être... et patiner|url=http://www.lejdd.fr/Culture/Theatre/Patinoire-a-Avignon-2014-Aimer-etre-et-patiner-675449|last=JDD|first=Le|website=www.lejdd.fr|language=fr-FR|access-date=2017-07-11}}</ref>

===''The Fibonacci Project'' (2007)===
''The Fibonacci Project'' is an itinerant ''work in progress'' type of project. It is an international cooperative multidisciplinary project, blending circus, dance, theater, video and music, based on several residencies throughout the world. Its name come from the Italian mathematician [[Fibonacci|Leonardo Fibonacci]], who discovered in the beginning of the XIIIth century a suite of numbers leading to the "Golden Number".

At each new residence, the show and its content evolve depending on the artists involved on stage, their performance and abilities, and on the reactions of the audience.<ref name="cbfb">{{cite web|title=Pôle Fibonacci: Projet Fibonacci|url=https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/jeu/2008-n129-jeu1116026/23514ac.pdf|pages=32<!--endif p.totales-->|language=French|date=2008|issn=1923-2578}}</ref> The artists are mostly locals from the places of residency.

The artistic residencies have taken place in [[Mexico City]] in 2007 and in 2009; in [[Montreal]] and in [[Igloolik|Igluulik]] ([[Canada]]) in 2008; in [[Copenhagen]] ([[Denmark]]) in 2009 and in 2011; in [[Barcelona]] ([[Spain]]) in 2010; in [[Buenos Aires]] ([[Argentina]]) in 2012;<ref>{{cite web|title=Le Projet Fibonacci fait son cirque à Buenos Aires|url=https://www.argentina-excepcion.com/blog/culture-patrimoine/projet-fibonacci|date=2012-08-20}}</ref> in [[Marrakesh]] ([[Morocco]]) in 2016; and in [[Australia]] in 2018 and 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Projet Fibonacci|url=http://projetfibonacci.blogspot.com}}</ref>

In July 2008, Montreal artists from The 7 Fingers, and some Mexican artists from Cirko de Mente, went to the Canadian great north to meet with [[Inuit]] artists from [[Artcirq]], in order to associate their arts and their talents. After two weeks of creation, the artists gave several shows in [[Nunavut]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Artcirq|url=https://www.artcirq.org/en/node/30|language=English}}</ref>

A third stopover happened in Montreal in 2008 with the mexican, inuit and montrealer artists. The show continued on mutating.<ref name="cbfb" />


In 2010, Barcelona hosts the residency of The Fibonacci Project for three weeks. The show is composed of seven catalan artists and seven [[Quebecois (word)|Quebecois]] artists.<ref>{{cite web|title=Actualités Barcelone|url=http://international.gouv.qc.ca/fr/barcelone/actualites/8443|website=Gouvernement Québec|language=French|date=1 December 2010}}</ref>
In 2010, Barcelona hosts the residency of The Fibonacci Project for three weeks. The show is composed of seven Catalan artists and seven [[Quebecois (word)|Quebecois]] artists.<ref>{{cite web|title=Actualités Barcelone|url=http://international.gouv.qc.ca/fr/barcelone/actualites/8443|website=Gouvernement Québec|language=fr|date=1 December 2010}}</ref>


In April 2016, The Project sets camp in [[Marrakesh]] for two weeks. The show is composed of three Quebecois artists, seven Moroccan artists and three Guinean artists.<ref>{{cite web|title=awalnart|url=http://www.awalnart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/presentation-awalnart-2016.pdf|website=awalnart.com|language=French}}</ref>
In April 2016, The Project sets camp in [[Marrakesh]] for two weeks. The show is composed of three Quebecois artists, seven Moroccan artists and three Guinean artists.<ref>{{cite web|title=awalnart|url=http://www.awalnart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/presentation-awalnart-2016.pdf|website=awalnart.com|language=fr}}</ref>


==Past original productions==
==Past original productions==
===''Cuisine & Confessions'' (2014–2017)===


=== Temporel (2018) ===
Directed by Shana Carroll and Sébastien Soldevila, ''Cuisine & Confessions'' brought live cooking directly on stage. The show opened the 2014 CINARS Biennale in Montreal and went on to be performed 381 times. The show was coproduced by the Centre national de création et de diffusion culturelles de Châteauvallon (Ollioules, France), l'Espace Jean Legendre (Compiègne, France), le Grand Théâtre de Provence (Aix-en-Provence, France), the Tohu, la Cité des arts du cirque (Montreal), and Thomas Lightburn (Vancouver).
''Temporel'' is a [[Interdisciplinarity|multidisciplinary]] show combining the universe of The 7 Fingers and the company [http://4dart.com/fr/ Lemieux Pilon 4D Art], conceived and directed by Patrick Léonard, Isabelle Chassé, [[:fr:Michel Lemieux|Michel Lemieux]] et [[:fr:Victor Pilon|Victor Pilon]], and its choreography was created by Shana Carroll.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://4dart.com/fr/creation/2018/temporel/|title=Temporel 2018|website=4dart.com|language=fr}}</ref> Its world premiere took place at the [[:fr:Place des Arts|Place des Arts]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://placedesarts.com/fr/evenement/temporel|title=Temporel – Cinquième Salle|last=sa|date=2018-01-08|language=fr|access-date=2018-06-22}}</ref>(Montréal) on January 11, 2018.


===''Intersection'' (2014)===
===''Vice & Vertu'' (2017) ===
Directed by three of the collective's co-founders – Isabelle Chassé, Patrick Léonard, and Samuel Tétreault – ''Vice & Vertu'' was performed from July 10 to August 6, 2017, at the Société des Arts Technologiques (SAT) in Montreal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sat.qc.ca/fr/evenements/vice-vertu|title=Vice & Vertu Société des Arts Technologiques|website=Sat.qc.ca|language=fr}}</ref> as part of the city's 375th Anniversary Celebrations.<ref name="Paré">{{cite web|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/503332/plaisirs-sur-la-main|title='Vice & vertu' – Plaisirs sur la 'Main'|date=13 July 2017|language=fr}}</ref> ''Vice & Vertu'' was an immersive, three-hour, promenade-style performance for audiences 18 years and over. The production was a work of fiction heavily inspired by historic figures from 1920s to 1940s Montreal.<ref name="Paré" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Siag|first1=Jean|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/festivals/montreal-completement-cirque/201707/10/01-5114800-vice-vertu-incursion-dans-le-red-light-montrealais.php|title=Vice & vertu: incursion dans le Red Light montréalais {{!}} Jean Siag {{!}} Montréal complètement cirque|date=2017-07-10|newspaper=La Presse|access-date=2017-07-11|language=fr-CA}}</ref>


=== Bosch Dreams (2016) ===
An interactive and immersive circus performance, ''Intersection'' was directed by Gypsy Snider and Samuel Tétreault, and was created in 2013 at the invitation of the TOHU to open the 5th Montréal Complètement Cirque Festival.
''Bosch Dreams'' pays tribute to the painter [[Hieronymus Bosch|Jheronimus Bosch]]. The show was directed by Samuel Tétreault and coproduced by Theatre Republique ([[Denmark]]) upon an invitation from the festival Circolo ([[Netherlands|Netherland]]) with the support of Wilhelm Hansen Fonden and the Jheronimus Bosch 500 Foundation. The show was created for the 500 year-anniversary of the painter's death.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.szenik.eu/fr/Danse/Bosch-Dreams-Ecrin-pour-acrobates-3735|title=Bosch Dreams|website=szenik.eu|language=fr}}</ref> The show premiered in September 2016 in Copenhagen. The show performed in France for the first time in November 2017 during the festival "Québec à La Villette<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/actualites-culturelles/513772/france-le-parc-de-la-villette-aux-couleurs-du-quebec|title=Paris: le parc de la Villette aux couleurs du Québec|last=Rioux|first=Christian|newspaper=Le Devoir (Montréal) |date=2017-11-24|language=fr|issn=0319-0722|access-date=2017-11-29}}</ref>" before touring there and abroad.


===''Le Murmure du coquelicot'' (2013–2014)===
=== ''Réversible'' (2016) ===
Directed Gypsy Snider, ''Reversible'' was coproduced with the Théâtre du Gymnase-Bernardines ([[Marseille]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lestheatres.net/fr/activity/154-reversible|title=Réversibles – Les théâtres|language=fr}}</ref> Thomas Lightburn ([[Vancouver]]), and the Tohu ([[Montreal]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2016/11/24/une-reussite-dans-tous-les-sens|title=Une réussite... dans tous les sens|website=journaldemontreal.com}}</ref>


===''Triptyque'' (2015)===
The result of a carte blanche given by the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde (TNM) of Montreal, ''Le Murmure du coquelicot'' was presented as the TNM's 2013–2014 season opener. Written and directed by Sébastien Soldevila, the show featured Rémy Girard, six acrobats, and Pascale Montpetit.
Under the artistic direction of Samuel Tétreault, The 7 Fingers partnered with three choreographers to create a performance composed of three acts:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telerama.fr/divers/une-creation-des-7-doigts-de-la-main,143669.php|title=Une création des 7 doigts de la main|date=8 June 2016|website=telerama.fr}}</ref>


*Anne & Samuel: a duo choreographed by [[Marie Chouinard]].
===''Séquence 8'' (2012–2015)===
*Variations 9.81: a handstand quintet staged by Victor Quijada (Groupe RUBBERBANDance).
*Nocturnes: a piece by Marcos Morau (La Véronal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laveronal.com/|title=La Veronal|website=La Veronal|access-date=2016-05-17}}</ref>).


The show was coproduced by [[Sadler's Wells Theatre|Sadler's Wells]] Theatre (London), Thomas Lightburn (Vancouver), the Tohu, la Cité des arts du cirque (Montreal), Albourne ([[Norwalk, Connecticut|Norwalk]]), and Danse-Cité (Montreal). The show's official premiere was at the TOHU on October 14, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tohu.ca/workspace/upload/a-propos/salle-de-presse/communique_-triptyque-fr.pdf|title=tohu}}</ref>
Coproduced by the Nuits de Fourvière Festival (Lyon) and the Tohu, la Cité des arts du cirque (Montreal), Séquence ''8'' was performed for the first time at the Montréal Complètement Cirque Festival in 2012 and went on to be performed nearly 400 more times, reaching 300,000 spectators in 17 countries. The show was directed by Shana Carroll and Sébastien Soldevila. In April 2015, the show completed a three-year tour with a two-week run at the [[New York City Center]].

===''AMuse'' (2012 / 2014) and ''AMuse, Un Dia'' (2013)===

Created first in 2012 for the 60th anniversary of the Auditorio Nacional de Mexico, this original, family-oriented production was remounted in the same performance hall in 2013. A 45-minute version was performed more than 150 times at the Feria de León in Léon, Mexico, in 2013 and 2014.

===''Psy'' (2009–2013)===

Directed by Shana Carroll and Sébastien Soldevila, the show was performed 300 times between 2009 and 2013.

===''La Vie'' (2007–2013)===

''La Vie'' opened in New York with 100 shows in a [[Spiegeltent]], before embarking on an international tour. The show was initially coproduced by [[Spiegelworld]] and Ross Mollison.


===''Traces'' (2006 – present)===
===''Traces'' (2006 – present)===


The show had its world premiere in Montreal in January 2006, shortly before performing at the [[Commonwealth Games]] in Melbourne, Australia. With ten years and nearly 1900 shows to its name, ''Traces'' is considered one of the collective's biggest successes. In 2011, the show played for one year at [[Union Square Theatre]] in New York.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/theater/reviews/les-7-doigts-de-la-main-in-traces-at-union-square-review.html|title=Les 7 Doigts de la Main in 'Traces' at Union Square – Review|last=Brantley|first=Ben|date=2011-08-09|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=2017-11-28|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
The show had its world premiere in Montreal in January 2006, shortly before performing at the [[Commonwealth Games]] in Melbourne, Australia. With ten years and nearly 1900 shows to its name, ''Traces'' is considered one of the collective's biggest successes. In 2011, the show played for one year at [[Union Square Theatre]] in New York.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/theater/reviews/les-7-doigts-de-la-main-in-traces-at-union-square-review.html|title=Les 7 Doigts de la Main in 'Traces' at Union Square – Review|last=Brantley|first=Ben|date=2011-08-09|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=2017-11-28|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

===''Loft'' (2002–2013)===

In 2004, The 7 Fingers were invited to inaugurate the TOHU (Montreal), the first circular performance hall in North America. ''Loft'' was performed for the opening of the Bourse Rideau showcase event in Quebec City. A documentary by Sogestalt Television on the company featuring excerpts of ''Loft'' was broadcast internationally on the channel TV5 Monde. Over the course of 11 years, the show was performed nearly 900 times for more than 300,000 spectators.


==Artistic collaborations==
==Artistic collaborations==

===''Crystal'' (2017 – ...)===
Shana Carroll and Sébastien Soldevila (The 7 Fingers) directed ''Crystal'' (Cirque du Soleil)

===''Paramour'' (2016–2017)===

Shana Carroll (The 7 Fingers) was the director of acrobatic creation and choreographer for this [[Cirque du Soleil]] production.

=== Darcy Oake, ''Edge of reality'' (2015) ===

After an initial collaboration in 2014 for illusionist Darcy Oake's television show, The 7 Fingers directed Darcy Oake's touring show, ''Edge of Reality'', in 2015.


===''Peter Pan 360'' (2015–2016)===
===''Peter Pan 360'' (2015–2016)===


In 2015, The 7 Fingers led the choreography and movement direction of ''Peter Pan 360''<ref>{{cite news |language=fr-CA |title=Les 7 doigts à la rescousse de Peter Pan! |first=Jean |last=Siag |work=La Presse |date=2015-05-25 |url=http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/spectacles-et-theatre/humour-et-varietes/201505/25/01-4872312-les-7-doigts-a-la-rescousse-de-peter-pan.php |accessdate=2017-08-30}}</ref> in the United States. Presented in the Threesixty Theatre, a 360-degree stage within a 100-foot high structure, ''Peter Pan'' was directed by Thom Sutherland with original music by Benjamin Wallfisch.
In 2015, The 7 Fingers led the choreography and movement direction of ''Peter Pan 360''<ref>{{cite news |language=fr-CA |title=Les 7 doigts à la rescousse de Peter Pan! |first=Jean |last=Siag |work=La Presse |date=2015-05-25 |url=http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/spectacles-et-theatre/humour-et-varietes/201505/25/01-4872312-les-7-doigts-a-la-rescousse-de-peter-pan.php |access-date=2017-08-30}}</ref> in the United States. Presented in the Threesixty Theatre, a 360-degree stage within a 100-foot high structure, ''Peter Pan'' was directed by Thom Sutherland with original music by Benjamin Wallfisch.

===''Queen of the Night'' (2013–2015)===

In 2013, the company collaborated on ''Queen of the Night'', creating the circus elements of the production, which played at the Diamond Horseshoe supper club in New York for more than 300 shows. The show was a fusion of theatre, music, circus, cuisine, and design.


===''Pippin'' (2013–2017)===
===''Pippin'' (2013–2017)===


The choreography and integration of circus into the Broadway revival of the musical ''[[Pippin (musical)|Pippin]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americanrepertorytheater.org/media-room/press-releases/pippin-returns-broadway|title=Pippin returns to Broadway |website=A.R.T. – American Repertory Theater|access-date=2017-11-28}}</ref> was entrusted to The 7 Fingers. In 2014, the show was performed 420 times at the Music Box Theatre in New York. ''Pippin'' also toured the US.
The choreography and integration of circus into the Broadway revival of the musical ''[[Pippin (musical)|Pippin]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americanrepertorytheater.org/media-room/press-releases/pippin-returns-broadway|title=Pippin returns to Broadway |website=A.R.T. – American Repertory Theater|access-date=2017-11-28}}</ref> was entrusted to The 7 Fingers. In 2014, the show was performed 420 times at the Music Box Theatre in New York. ''Pippin'' also toured the US.

===''Il fait dimanche'' (2010)===

This National Circus School of Montreal show was directed by The 7 Fingers.

===''Crime'' (2009)===

The 7 Fingers staged and directed the National Circus School of Montreal's show ''Crime''.


==Special events==
==Special events==


* Bench Under the Stars (Manilla, 2017)
* Festival Ile Soniq (Montréal, 2017)
* Canada Day celebrations in presence of [[Justin Trudeau]] (2016)
* [[C2 Montréal]] (2015)
* Olympic Games: Sochi 2014,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/montreal-circus-troupe-has-hand-in-sochi-opening-ceremonies/article16732586/lib/proxies/%7B%7Burl%7D%7D/?reqid=%7B%7Brequest_id%7D%7D|title=Montreal circus troupe has hand in Sochi opening ceremonies|last=TAYLOR|first=KATE|date=2014-02-06|access-date=2017-11-28|language=en-ca}}</ref> Vancouver 2010, and Turin 2006
* Olympic Games: Sochi 2014,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/montreal-circus-troupe-has-hand-in-sochi-opening-ceremonies/article16732586/lib/proxies/%7B%7Burl%7D%7D/?reqid=%7B%7Brequest_id%7D%7D|title=Montreal circus troupe has hand in Sochi opening ceremonies|last=TAYLOR|first=KATE|date=2014-02-06|access-date=2017-11-28|language=en-ca}}</ref> Vancouver 2010, and Turin 2006
* Bench/ The Naked Truth (Manilla, 2014)<ref>{{cite web |author=Les 7 doigts de la main |title=The Naked Truth (BENCH/) By Les 7 doigts de la main |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t08gJzWYun0 |website=YouTube |date=2015-02-19 |access-date=2017-08-30}}</ref>
* Governor General's Awards Gala (Canada, 2006)
* Luces Fugaces (Colombia, 2014)
* Bench/ The Naked Truth (Manilla, 2014)<ref>{{cite web |author=Les 7 doigts de la main |title=The Naked Truth (BENCH/) By Les 7 doigts de la main |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t08gJzWYun0 |website=YouTube |date=2015-02-19 |accessdate=2017-08-30}}</ref>
* Canada Day Celebrations in presence of [[Prince William, Duke of Cambridge|Prince William]] & [[Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge|Kate Middleton]] in Ottawa (2011)
*[[Royal Variety Performance]] (2008)
*''[[America's Got Talent]]'' Guest performances. (2011 and 2012)
* The 84th [[Academy Awards ceremonies|Academy Awards ceremony]] (2012)
*''Le Plus Grand Cabaret du monde (2013)''
* Darcy Oake: Edge of Reality, ITV (2014)

==Original music==
The 7 Fingers place a great deal of importance on music research and composition. The collective has released four soundtracks:

* 2002: Release of the Loft soundtrack CD format.
* 2007: Release of the La Vie soundtrack in CD format.
* 2010: Release of the Psy soundtrack in CD format.
* 2016: Release of the [https://les7doigts.bandcamp.com/album/reversible Réversible soundtrack] on [[Bandcamp|BandCamp]].

== Center of creation and production ==

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== Foundation Les 7 doigts de la main ==
Les 7 Doigts de la Main Foundation was established in 2016 and became a registered charity in the fall of 2017. The board of directors is chaired by François Dépelteau. The seven other board members are: Francis Baillet, Éric Batiot, Isabelle Chassé, Nassib El-Husseini, Thomas Lightburn, Danielle Sauvage, and Richard Stursberg.

Having become a registered charity in 2017, Les 7 Doigts de la Main Foundation is pursuing three campaign goals:

* To support the creation, production and dissemination of innovative works;
* To equip the new Creation and Production Centre with state-of-the-art equipment and technology;
* To give back to the community by offering creative residencies, artist mentoring, workshops, classes, symposiums and other learning activities.

The financing campaign was launched on February 6, 2018 in the presence of M. Guy Laliberté, founder of Lune Rouge and Cirque du Soleil, Honorary Patron of the Campaign, who gave $1M. Other donors, including Investissements Québec, Daniel Gauthier, Gilles Ste-Croix, and the Caisse d'économie solidaire have also pledged to contribute to the campaign.


==Awards and recognitions==
==Awards and recognitions==
*January 2003: Prix Nikouline at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris for a diabolo number performed by Patrick Léonard and Sébastien Soldevila.
*January 2012: Gold medal at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris for a Chinese pole number (an excerpt from the show PSY) performed by Héloïse Bourgeois and William Underwood.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/spectacles-et-theatre/cirque/201201/30/01-4490835-les-7-doigts-de-la-main-raflent-lor-a-paris.php|title=Les 7 doigts de la main raflent l'or à Paris|last=Siag|first=Jean|date=30 January 2012|work=La Presse|access-date=23 November 2017}}</ref>
*January 2007: Gold medal at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris for a hand-to-hand number choreographed by Shana Carroll and performed by Sébastien Soldevila and Émilie Bonnavaud.
*April 2008: Two [[Drama Desk Award]] nominations (Outstanding Choreography and Unique Theatrical Experience) for TRACES.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dramadesk.org/awards?field_nomination_year_value%5Bvalue%5D%5Byear%5D=2008&field_nominee_full_name_value=&field_show_value=&field_award_value=All|title=Nominees and Recipients – Drama Desk|website=Dramadesk.org|accessdate=23 November 2017}}</ref>
*January 2009. Gold medal at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris for the direction of Emma Henshall's trapeze act by Shana Carroll
*2010: Three Canadian Applied Arts Photography prizes for the poster of PSY by Varial.
*2010: Helpmann Award nomination (Australia) for TRACES.
*2011: Listed in [[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine]]’s Top 10 Plays & Musicals (TRACES).
*May 2012: Off-Broadway Alliance Award for TRACES.
*February 2012: "Prix du CALQ" from the [[Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec]] for the North-American tour of TRACES.
*2012: Off Broadway Alliance Awards Best Special Event award for TRACES.
*January 2012: Gold medal at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris for a Chinese pole number (an excerpt from the show PSY) performed by Héloïse Bourgeois and William Underwood.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/spectacles-et-theatre/cirque/201201/30/01-4490835-les-7-doigts-de-la-main-raflent-lor-a-paris.php|title=Les 7 doigts de la main raflent l'or à Paris|last=Siag|first=Jean|date=30 January 2012|work=La Presse|accessdate=23 November 2017}}</ref>
*2013: [[Drama Desk Award]] for ''Queen of the Night'', category "Unique Theatrical Experience"
*2013 : "Pippin" won 4 Tony awards, 4 Drama Desk Awards, 7 Outer Critic Circle Awards.
*February 2015: "Artistes pour la Paix" (Artists for Peace) award in Montreal for the collective.
*March 2016: Co-winners with the Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal of the Grand Prix du Conseil des arts de Montréal.
*January 2017: Evolving Circus Award, USA.


==References==
==References==
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The 7 Fingers (Les 7 Doigts)
Formation2002
FounderShana Carroll, Isabelle Chassé, Patrick Léonard, Faon Shane, Gypsy Snider, Sébastien Soldevila, Samuel Tétreault
Founded atMontreal
PurposeCreation, production and touring of shows
Headquarters2111 Boul. St Laurent. Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Products2019 “Passengers”
2018 Temporel
2017 Vice & Vertu
2016 Réversible
2016 Bosch Dreams
2016 Princesse de Cirque
2015 Triptyque
2014 Cuisine & Confessions
2014 Intersection
2013 Le Murmure du coquelicot
2012 Séquence 8
2012 Amuse
2011 Patinoire
2009 Psy
2007 La Vie
2007 Projet Fibonacci
2006 Traces
2002 Loft
Website7fingers.com
The 7 Fingers circus troupe performing an acrobatic act in the show "Dual Reality" in Boston, February 2024

The 7 Fingers is an artist collective based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The group is also known by its French name "Les 7 doigts de la main", which is sometimes shortened to "Les 7 Doigts".

History

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The 7 Fingers is a collective founded in 2002 by seven circus artists: Isabelle Chassé, Shana Carroll, Patrick Léonard, Faon Shane, Gypsy Snider, Sébastien Soldevila, and Samuel Tétreault.[1]

Since 2003, the collective has been led by Nassib El-Husseini, a political scientist, author, and former advisor to numerous governmental and non-governmental organizations both in Canada and abroad.[2]

On July 14, 2016, the collective created The 7 Fingers Foundation.[3]

Until the end of 2017, the collective's headquarter was on 225 Roy East st. in Montreal. After 18 months of renovation work, The 7 Fingers moved to their new centre of creation and production, on 2111 Sain-Laurent boulevard, in the quartier des spectacles.[4][5]

Original and Touring shows

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Passagers (2018)

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Passagers is a show celebrating the Human and a reflection on the importance and the beauty of interpersonal relationships, mixing dance, physical expression, acrobatics and projections, gathering six artists from all around the world, and accompanied by original musical compositions. This new creation is directed by Shana Carroll, assisted by Isabelle Chassé. Its premiere will take place at the Tohu, in Montréal,[6] on November 14, 2018.

Patinoire (2011)

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The company's first solo show, Patinoire, features The 7 Fingers' co-founder Patrick Léonard. It is directed by Patrick Léonard himself and assisted by Nicolas Cantin.[7] The show was most shown for a month at the Festival d'Avignon in 2014.[8]

In July 2008, Montreal artists from The 7 Fingers, and some Mexican artists from Cirko de Mente, went to the Canadian great north to meet with Inuit artists from Artcirq, in order to associate their arts and their talents. After two weeks of creation, the artists gave several shows in Nunavut.[9]

A third stopover happened in Montreal in 2008 with the Mexican, inuit and Montrealer artists. The show continued on mutating.[10]

In 2010, Barcelona hosts the residency of The Fibonacci Project for three weeks. The show is composed of seven Catalan artists and seven Quebecois artists.[11]

In April 2016, The Project sets camp in Marrakesh for two weeks. The show is composed of three Quebecois artists, seven Moroccan artists and three Guinean artists.[12]

Past original productions

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Temporel (2018)

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Temporel is a multidisciplinary show combining the universe of The 7 Fingers and the company Lemieux Pilon 4D Art, conceived and directed by Patrick Léonard, Isabelle Chassé, Michel Lemieux et Victor Pilon, and its choreography was created by Shana Carroll.[13] Its world premiere took place at the Place des Arts[14](Montréal) on January 11, 2018.

Vice & Vertu (2017)

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Directed by three of the collective's co-founders – Isabelle Chassé, Patrick Léonard, and Samuel Tétreault – Vice & Vertu was performed from July 10 to August 6, 2017, at the Société des Arts Technologiques (SAT) in Montreal[15] as part of the city's 375th Anniversary Celebrations.[16] Vice & Vertu was an immersive, three-hour, promenade-style performance for audiences 18 years and over. The production was a work of fiction heavily inspired by historic figures from 1920s to 1940s Montreal.[16][17]

Bosch Dreams (2016)

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Bosch Dreams pays tribute to the painter Jheronimus Bosch. The show was directed by Samuel Tétreault and coproduced by Theatre Republique (Denmark) upon an invitation from the festival Circolo (Netherland) with the support of Wilhelm Hansen Fonden and the Jheronimus Bosch 500 Foundation. The show was created for the 500 year-anniversary of the painter's death.[18] The show premiered in September 2016 in Copenhagen. The show performed in France for the first time in November 2017 during the festival "Québec à La Villette[19]" before touring there and abroad.

Réversible (2016)

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Directed Gypsy Snider, Reversible was coproduced with the Théâtre du Gymnase-Bernardines (Marseille),[20] Thomas Lightburn (Vancouver), and the Tohu (Montreal).[21]

Triptyque (2015)

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Under the artistic direction of Samuel Tétreault, The 7 Fingers partnered with three choreographers to create a performance composed of three acts:[22]

  • Anne & Samuel: a duo choreographed by Marie Chouinard.
  • Variations 9.81: a handstand quintet staged by Victor Quijada (Groupe RUBBERBANDance).
  • Nocturnes: a piece by Marcos Morau (La Véronal[23]).

The show was coproduced by Sadler's Wells Theatre (London), Thomas Lightburn (Vancouver), the Tohu, la Cité des arts du cirque (Montreal), Albourne (Norwalk), and Danse-Cité (Montreal). The show's official premiere was at the TOHU on October 14, 2015.[24]

Traces (2006 – present)

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The show had its world premiere in Montreal in January 2006, shortly before performing at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia. With ten years and nearly 1900 shows to its name, Traces is considered one of the collective's biggest successes. In 2011, the show played for one year at Union Square Theatre in New York.[25]

Artistic collaborations

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Peter Pan 360 (2015–2016)

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In 2015, The 7 Fingers led the choreography and movement direction of Peter Pan 360[26] in the United States. Presented in the Threesixty Theatre, a 360-degree stage within a 100-foot high structure, Peter Pan was directed by Thom Sutherland with original music by Benjamin Wallfisch.

Pippin (2013–2017)

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The choreography and integration of circus into the Broadway revival of the musical Pippin[27] was entrusted to The 7 Fingers. In 2014, the show was performed 420 times at the Music Box Theatre in New York. Pippin also toured the US.

Special events

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  • Olympic Games: Sochi 2014,[28] Vancouver 2010, and Turin 2006
  • Bench/ The Naked Truth (Manilla, 2014)[29]

Awards and recognitions

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  • January 2012: Gold medal at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris for a Chinese pole number (an excerpt from the show PSY) performed by Héloïse Bourgeois and William Underwood.[30]

References

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  1. ^ Boisseau, Rosita (2011-10-29). "Reprise : Les 7 doigts de la main à Bobino". Le Monde.
  2. ^ Martin, Valérie (2013-05-12). "Nassib El-Husseini : de la politique au cirque". Actualités UQAM.
  3. ^ "Guy Laliberté verse 1 million $ à la Fondation des 7 doigts de la main". 2018-02-06.
  4. ^ "Un million pour le Centre de création et de production des 7 doigts de la main". Radio-Canada.ca. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Les 7 doigts de la main". Groupe TEQ. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Passagers – Les 7 Doigts". latohu.ca/fr (in French).
  7. ^ "'Patinoire' des 7 doigts". TVA nouvelles (in French).
  8. ^ JDD, Le. "Aimer, être... et patiner". www.lejdd.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  9. ^ "Artcirq".
  10. ^ "Pôle Fibonacci: Projet Fibonacci" (PDF). Jeu Revue de Théâtre (in French): 32. 2008. ISSN 1923-2578.
  11. ^ "Actualités Barcelone". Gouvernement Québec (in French). 1 December 2010.
  12. ^ "awalnart" (PDF). awalnart.com (in French).
  13. ^ "Temporel 2018". 4dart.com (in French).
  14. ^ sa (2018-01-08). "Temporel – Cinquième Salle" (in French). Retrieved 2018-06-22.
  15. ^ "Vice & Vertu Société des Arts Technologiques". Sat.qc.ca (in French).
  16. ^ a b "'Vice & vertu' – Plaisirs sur la 'Main'" (in French). 13 July 2017.
  17. ^ Siag, Jean (2017-07-10). "Vice & vertu: incursion dans le Red Light montréalais | Jean Siag | Montréal complètement cirque". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  18. ^ "Bosch Dreams". szenik.eu (in French).
  19. ^ Rioux, Christian (2017-11-24). "Paris: le parc de la Villette aux couleurs du Québec". Le Devoir (Montréal) (in French). ISSN 0319-0722. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  20. ^ "Réversibles – Les théâtres" (in French).
  21. ^ "Une réussite... dans tous les sens". journaldemontreal.com.
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